5.42 This guidance recommends that the contract manager is in post prior to contract signature leading to a period towards the end of the procurement phase and during the transition period where both will be in post. Research into PPPs found that projects which had a formal handover at the beginning of the operational phase had higher levels of overall satisfaction with the performance of the project than those which did not. Authorities are advised to carry out a formal handover between the project manager and the contract manager to cover areas such as:
• key documents e.g. bid documents; Contract; Final Business Case; agreements with users if applicable
• processes
• budgets
• external advisers
• consortia makeup
• contact lists and identification of key personnel and their roles
• agreements with stakeholders